Purdue State Bank

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The Purdue State Bank Building is a historic structure in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, designed by American architect and Frank Lloyd Wright's mentor Louis Sullivan. Completed in 1914, the bank is the smallest and least expensive of Sullivan's "Jewel Boxes", a series of Midwestern banks designed in the modern style at the end of his career. Built on a tiny, trapezoidal lot between two streets, the structure is less ornamental than most of the architect's other work, including only a few terra cotta panels.Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, The Louis Sullivan Pilgrimage, unpublished manuscriptElia, Mario Manieri, Louis Henry Sullivan, Princeton Architectural Press, NY 1996, p.159 The building cost $14,600 to be constructed, of which only about 10% was paid to Sullivan, barely covering his expenses. A local paper at the time referred to Sullivan as "one of the most noted bank architects in the United States".Twombly, Robert, Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work, Elizabeth Sifton Books, Viking, NY 1986, p. 420-421

During the 1950s, a stone portion was added to the back of the building and the original doorway was converted into a window and then an ATM.{{Cite web|url = http://www.homeofpurdue.com/mapsguides/brochures/TCFinalHertiageTourists.pdf|title = Downtown Lafayette-West Lafayette Architectural Terra Cotta|date = |accessdate = May 23, 2014|website = |publisher = Visit Lafayette — West Lafayette|last = Booth|first = Eileen E.|page = 14|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004212/http://www.homeofpurdue.com/mapsguides/brochures/TCFinalHertiageTourists.pdf|archive-date = May 24, 2014|url-status = dead}} The building is located one block from Purdue University and currently houses a branch of Chase bank.Google Maps for 210 West State Street in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, retrieved May 23, 2013.